#BCC742#BCC742

#BCC742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.153 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC742
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -20.62, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 65.70, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0623 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.153 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1470, 51.9324, 12.9569)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC742 #4D42C7

analogous

#C78F42 #BCC742 #7AC742

triadic

#BCC742 #42BCC7 #C742BC

tetradic

#BCC742 #42C78F #4D42C7 #C7427A

square

#BCC742 #42C78F #4D42C7 #C7427A

split-complementary

#BCC742 #427AC7 #8F42C7

monochromatic

#686E21 #949D2F #BCC742 #CDD571 #DDE3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BCC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC742

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC742	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.153 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77e',
    500: '#bcc742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc742;
$custom-light: #d3d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.962,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC742

secondary

#3B3678

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC742

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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